Hand-stamp



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' H. H. NORRINGTON.

HAND STAMP. No. 386,716. Patented July 24, 1888.

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HENRY II. NORRINGTON, OF VEST BAY CITY, MICHIGAN.

HAND=STAMP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,716, dated July 24,1888.

Application filed January 17, 1887. Serial No. 224.644.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. NORRINGTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at \Vest Bay City, in the county of Bay and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Stamps; and Ido declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form apart ofthis specification.

My invention relates to ahand-stamp in which a portion of theprinting-characters are made fast to the base of the stamp, with anopeningleading through said base,and an endless ribbon or band uponwhich I mount transversely a series of names representing the names ofthe cashiers of various banks. The band containing the names passes overa roller in the case and under a pressing or stamping roller located inthe opening at the base of the stamp. The central roller is providedwith thumb-wheels for revolving it so as to cause the band to travel,whereby a desired name may be brought over the opening at the base ofthe stamp.

The stamp is also provided with an auxiliary rolleror cylinder, uponwhich Istamp or otherwise secure the names of the various cashiers ofbanks, being a duplicate of the names on the band.

In the front face of the stamp I provide an opening with a glass cover.Said opening is located in front of the cylinder, upon which are placedthe names of the cashiers. The cylinder is geared to the roller havingthe thumbwheels, and the names of the cashiers are so located on thecylinder and the band that when a name appears through the opening inthe front face of the stamp the same name on the band will be under thestamping-roller ready for use. This enables the operator to place thedesired name of a cashier ready for use without turning the bottom ofthe stamp upward.

This stamp is designed for use in banks and for stamping bills sent toother banks for collection, the stamp being so arranged that when animpression has been given to a bill for col- (No model.)

lection it shows the name of the bank sending the claim and order to paysaid claim to the cashier of the bank receiving it, giving his name. Asan illustration, when the stamp is arranged as in Figure l of theaccompanying drawings, an impression from it would read as follows: Payto the order of M. Jones, Cashr for Collection Account, State Bank, VestBay City, and my invention consists in the general arrangement of parts,as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out particularly in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Fig. 1 is a frontperspective ofa stamp embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a backperspective of same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of same,taken ondotted line 1 1 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A represents the hollow ease, having two sides and afront, the back being open. To the upper end of the case I attach theoperating-handle B. Journaled in the sides of the case at a is acylinder, R. One end of the cylinder has a pinion, P. On said cylinder Imount the names of the cashiers of banks, as shown at d of Figs. 1 and2. Below the cylinder or roller R, I locate asmall roller, It, which isalso journaled in the sides of the case. Each end of said roller on theoutside of the case is provided with a thumbwheel, n, whereby saidroller may be turned by the thumb and finger of a right or left handedperson, for the purposes hereinafter specified.

C represents the base of the stamp, upon which the fixed characters aremounted, and Z an opening in the base of the stamp. At e, I journal thestampingroller E. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) The periphery of this rollershould be provided with a series of flat longitudinal surfaces, at, asshown in Fig. 3.

D is a belt or band which passes over the drivingroller R and down underthe stamp ingroller l l, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, forming an endlessbelt or band, and said band travels under the flat-faeed rollerE,revolving it. As a wheel, a, of the roller P is revolved, the band inpassing under the stamping-roller fills the opening Z in the base C ofthe stamp, the roller being so located that as the names '6 of thecashiers are brought one at a time under said roller the letters formingthe names will stand on a horizontal line with the printing-characters Hof the base of the stamp, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The names z of the cashiers should be lo cated on the band D at such adistance from each other that when passing arou nd the stamping-rollerEone of said names will stand along one of the flat faces a of saidroller, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, in which 13 represents the charactors for stamping the names of the cashiers.

Through the opening 6 in the front of the case the operator in turning awheel, it, obtains the name of a cashier of a bank that he desires tolocate under the stamping-roller E. The pinion P, meshing with thepinion P, causes the roller or cylinder R to travel equally orsimultaneously with the band D. The names 1' of the cashiers on the bandD are so located with respect to the names 01 on the roller R that thename appearing to the eye of the operator through the opening 6 will befound under the stamping-roller E as the name M. Jones appears in Fig.1.

It will be observed that the names on the roller R appear in the naturalposition, while the same name on the bottom of the stampbelt D is upsidedown. By this arrangement the desired name can be more readily found onthe roller R than could be found on the bottom of the stamp by turningit upward, as is common.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hand-stamp having two rollers with a band passing around saidrollers, said band having on its outer face printing'charactersfincombination with an auxiliary roller geared to one of the formerrollers, having on its periphery duplicate characters of those on theband, and a thutnbwheel for revolving said characters, as and for thepurposes specified.

2. In combination with the case having the handle, the opening 6, andbase with opening 2, the rollers R B, the pinions attached to saidrollers, the roller E, the band having printingcharact'ers mountedthereon, and a series of duplicate characters, d, mounted on the rollerR, and the thumb-Wheel for revolving said characters, as and for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. NORRINGTON.

W'itnesses:

R. B. WHEELER, B. F. WHEELER.

